title: Terahertz electromagnetic crystal waveguide fabricated by polymer jetting rapid prototyping.
abstract: An all-dielectric THz waveguide has been designed, fabricated and characterized. The design is based on a hollow-core electromagnetic crystal waveguide, and the fabrication is implemented via polymer-jetting rapid prototyping. Measurements of the waveguide power loss factor show good agreement with simulation. As an initial example, a waveguide with propagation loss of 0.03 dB/mm at 105 GHz is demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.
authors.forename: Ziran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wei-Ren
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Gehm
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xin
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods; D008027:Light; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D055053:Terahertz Radiation
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers